INDIANS IN CANADA.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 513, 26 March 1908, Page 2

INDIANS IN CANADA.

THE DEPORTATION PROTEST. STATESMEN ON THE QUESTION. fBY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT.] [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, March 24. In the House of Commons, the Hon. John Morley (Secretary for India), referring to the Indians' meeting of protest at Vancouver, stated that, after consulting with the Indian Government, and in concert with the Colonial Office, "we are sending an envoy to the Dominion Government in the hope of terminating, if possible, this exta-emelv difficult, intricate, and possibly dangerous question." (Cheers). The Times' Vancouver correspondent reports that, in the absence of the Chief Justice, the Court decided that the Order-Jn-Council of the Bth January was illegal technically, and ordered that the Hindus be released. Ottawa, March 25. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Canadian Premier) dn tho Dominion House, explained, in .reference to -the Hindus' protest, that admission was refused to all Asiatic and European limmigreunts unless they were furnished with through tickets from the country of origin. In reference to the German (refused admission (as cabled on the 6th), l-e thought that this was carrying a good princip]o too far.